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The college football spring practice schedule really gets rolling as the calendar turns from March to April, and with more scrimmages and even a few spring games, fans get some clarity on what their favorite teams will be doing at the quarterback position in 2025. Coaches love the competition that comes with position battles in spring practice, and there is no spot on the depth chart where opportunities are more exclusive than starting quarterback.
It’s worth considering that quarterback battles — in the traditional sense when it comes to spring practice — are starting to become as antiquated as the traditional spring game. With the current state of roster construction in college football, many schools make conscious decisions with transfer portal additions and NIL that essentially remove doubt from a quarterback’s position heading into the season. If you are going to commit significant resources to bring in a quarterback with a proven track record at the college level, it’s likely with the intention that he will be the team’s starter in Week 1 the following fall.
But not every portal addition is a guaranteed starter, and there’s certainly a lot of notable teams who have open competition among players that are either back from last year’s team or joining the program early out of high school. The battles among those quarterbacks can be just as intriguing when there’s more talent to go around than reps with the first-string offense.
Below, we’ve highlighted some of the notable quarterback battles to keep an eye on across the country. Not all (and likely most) of these competitions won’t have clarity until we get closer to the start of the season, but until a starter is named, the uncertainty at quarterback will be one of the top storylines…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2025-03-25 16:33:00
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